While residents of Brooklyn aren't always fans of Hollywood productions taking over their neighborhood, it might be nice to know that it's not all throwaway reality television being filmed in the borough. According to the NY Post, Brooklyn is getting some bragging rights, with three films featuring the borough being added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Those films are 1977's Saturday Night Fever (set in Bay Ridge), 1945's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and 1992's Malcolm X. The three were selected from over 2,000 nominees. The Empire Strikes Back will also become part of the registry—and after this week, that became an honorary Brooklyn movie.
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